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BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2002

NTT to launch Web chat service

NTT Communications Corp. said Wednesday it will start a new Web chat service in which animated characters augment written messages.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2002

Honda to export cars from China

The president of Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday his company will set up a joint manufacturing plant in the Chinese coastal city of Guangzhou to produce and export small cars to the rest of Asia, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 11, 2002

Owners OK Fighters' move to Sapporo

The Nippon Ham Fighters' move from Tokyo to the Hokkaido capital of Sapporo was finalized Tuesday when Japanese baseball owners unanimously gave the green light to the Pacific League club's plan.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2002

Bureaucrats should have free hand on memos: panel

Foreign Ministry bureaucrats' memos on their contacts with lawmakers do not have to be cross-checked by the legislators for fact confirmation, an advisory panel on reforming the ministry agreed Wednesday.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / GARDENS FOR ALL
Jul 11, 2002

Osaka's peaceful heart

In 1972, two years after the Japan International Exposition in Osaka, redevelopment work began on the site. The result, eight years later, was the 260-hectare Expolands Green Oasis, which has now matured into a wonderful parkland with a wide range of attractions and facilities.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2002

EU envoy urges greater cooperation

The European Union and Japan should work together more closely on common international agendas, such as securing peace in the Middle East and reconstructing Afghanistan, to keep the the United States from taking a unilateral approach, EU Ambassador to Japan Ove Juul Jorgensen said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2002

FSA eyes ways to encourage regional bank tieups

The government will consider injecting public money into merged regional financial institutions to boost their capital bases to encourage regional banks and credit associations to merge, the Financial Services Agency said Wednesday.
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 11, 2002

Permanent status and foreign driving licences in Japan

Reader AEB from Kyushu writes: "I am single, have lived here in Japan for almost 10 years, and have a stable job. I hope to apply for permanent residency. I heard that you must have lived here for 10 years consecutively, or be married to a Japanese national.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / INDUSTRY TRENDS
Jul 11, 2002

'Happoshu' price war seen taking toll on brewers

It was just a regular Friday, but lovers of beerlike beverages found an excuse for another round as the country's major breweries marked down their versions of "happoshu."
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2002

Ruptured sewage pipe floods USJ restaurant

OSAKA -- A sewage pipe ruptured in a restaurant in the Universal Studios Japan amusement park, prompting Osaka health officials to investigate, people familiar with the incident said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Jul 11, 2002

Obando's 'sayonara' home run hands Fighters sweep over Buffs

Sherman Obando belted a game-winning homer in the bottom of the ninth inning Wednesday night as the Nippon Ham Fighters gave their dwindling number of fans one last hurrah before the All-Star break begins.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2002

Bond issuance cap may be abolished

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi suggested Wednesday he may abolish the 30 trillion yen cap on new government bond issues in the fiscal 2003 budget.
BUSINESS / ON THE FRONT LINE
Jul 11, 2002

Factors in U.S., Japan cloud stock outlook

Fears of another huge terrorist attack in the U.S. shrank after Independence Day on July 4. But terrorism is just one of many bearish factors affecting stocks.
COMMUNITY
Jul 11, 2002

Keep those cards and letters coming, folks

When customers sound off about problems, good companies listen, even in Japan
MORE SPORTS
Jul 11, 2002

Ex-WBA champ 'Celes' to retire

Former World Boxing Association super-flyweight champion Shoji "Celes" Kobayashi has decided to hang up his gloves, the head of Tokyo's Kokusai boxing gym revealed Wednesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health / NATURAL SELECTIONS
Jul 11, 2002

Sperm commit hara-kiri

Aldous Huxley is most famous for "Brave New World" (1932), but among scientists working on sperm competition and reproductive biology his "Fifth Philosopher's Song" (1920) is also well-known:
ENVIRONMENT / OUR PLANET EARTH
Jul 11, 2002

Diving and biking to eco-awareness

Excuse me for a moment if I boast, but I am delighted with the progress my backyard is making in its quest for biological diversity. No doubt my neighbors view my garden as unruly and overgrown, but as it's no bigger than a parking space, I let it have its way.
BUSINESS
Jul 11, 2002

DoCoMo eyes 3G tieups with Asian firms

The nation's leading mobile phone operator, NTT DoCoMo Inc., may forge technical and other ties with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. and South Korea's KT Freetel in the third-generation mobile phone sector.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2002

Pyongyang behind fugitives' intention to return: Japan

Japan said Wednesday that it believes North Korea is behind the reported plan by four former members of the Red Army Faction to return home from North Korea for the first time since they hijacked a jet to Pyongyang in 1970.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 11, 2002

Knowing the silent sense of self

At birth, an infant has only the sketchiest notion of its own body. Only from moving its arms and legs and sensing the effects on skin, muscle and joints does a baby learn what belongs to itself and what to the external world. By the age of 9, a child's body image is more sophisticated, consisting of...
SUMO
Jul 11, 2002

Maru crashes to first defeat

Yokozuna Musashimaru crashed to a first defeat Wednesday while ozeki Tochiazuma was also tripped up for his first loss on a day of upsets at the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / NAME OF THE GAME
Jul 11, 2002

Undead moving into town

Time is short and the enemy grows ever stronger. You have a small encampment outside of a large medieval city. The residents of the city would be your natural allies; but the Undead Scourge gave them poisoned grain, and now they are dying to join your enemy.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2002

Prosecutors grill Mitsui exec on Kunashiri bid-rigging role

Prosecutors have questioned a managing director of Mitsui & Co. over his alleged role in interfering with bidding for a Japan-funded power plant project on a Russian-held island in 2000, informed sources said Wednesday.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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